Saturday, April 28, 2012

CHRISTMAS 101

I know. I know. This is not one of the BOM's that I am supposed to be working on. But I am actually stitching on one of those blocks. As soon as I finished the "Love Letters" block 5, I grabbed something easier to stitch. I finished the star block and most of Mary and Baby Jesus in one evening. Rewarding to finish two blocks in much, much less time than one of the "Love Letters" blocks. But the L.L. blocks are much bigger so not a good comparison.

The pattern for "Christmas 101" is by Jan Patek. I have all the blocks prepped for applique. It will be easy to grab one and stitch when the mood hits.

Back to a block from the "Town & Country" BOM that I need to finish before month's end.

These are beautiful! Could you please let me know the method you use with your appliqué.....do you use fusible web and then machine stitch, or do you use the starch method and hand stitch around it, or...??? I'm new to appliqué and would like to focus on a method that will look as good as yours (after much, much practice!!). Thank you!

Hi Karen... just finished looking at your mini quilt show. WOW! Such varied quilts all these years. I especially liked the compass and sailboat quilt and the last one, Cindy Taylor Clark winter scene. Thanks for sharing.

The Love Letters blocks are wonderful! I can understand wanting something a bit easier to stitch after that last LL block.